Franz Ferdinand

Tim Burgess is running weekday album listening parties with Liam Gallagher, Franz Ferdinand and more

The parties will be taking place every night at 10pm.

23rd March 2020, 12:00am

Kings Of Leon, Franz Ferdinand and more to play massive new Liverpool event

Fusion Presents will come to Sefton Park at the end of August.

4th March 2019, 12:00am

All We Are & Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos team up for Speedy Wunderground single

The two acts' collaborative single 'Heart Attack' will be released in April.

27th February 2019, 12:00am

Years & Years, James Blake, Franz Ferdinand for Sziget

The Hungarian festival takes place this August.

12th February 2019, 12:00am

Looking back on Franz Ferdinand’s self-titled debut album

Spiky, sexy and impossibly exciting, Franz Ferdinand's art rock debut slinked its way to the top of the mid-'00s pile with the aim of “making music for girls to dance to”.

1st October 2018, 12:00am

Arctic Monkeys bring ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ to Mad Cool for a celebratory Day Two headline set

Jack White, Franz Ferdinand and Goat Girl were also on the menu.

14th July 2018, 12:00am

Franz Ferdinand share a new version of ‘Glimpse of Love’

The band said “we took the original and added that little bit more Kick and Punch”.

27th March 2018, 12:00am

Franz Ferdinand announce new London show

They released their latest album ‘Always Ascending’ last month.

20th March 2018, 12:00am

Franz Ferdinand enter a triumphant new phase at glorious Brixton comeback

Past it? Fuck no.

26th February 2018, 12:00am

Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending

3 Stars

Maybe this new set-up just needs time to find their own MO?

9th February 2018, 7:52am

Listen to Franz Ferdinand cover Angel Olsen

They took on ‘Shut Up Kiss Me’ for SiriusXM.

8th February 2018, 12:00am

Listen

Franz Ferdinand share ‘Feel The Love Go’

The band's new album 'Always Ascending' is out next month.

8th January 2018, 12:00am

Get a lift

Franz Ferdinand share a new video for ‘Always Ascending’

The track comes from the album of the same name, out in February.

5th December 2017, 12:00am

Festivals

Two Door Cinema Club and Franz Ferdinand are headed to NOS Alive 2018

They’ll join Queens of the Stone Age, Wolf Alice and more in Portugal.

5th December 2017, 12:00am

Listen

Franz Ferdinand announce new album ‘Always Ascending’

They’ve also shared the title track and details of a UK tour to boot!

26th October 2017, 12:00am

BNQT - Volume 1

3 Stars

Very much an album in Eric Pulido’s image.

21st April 2017, 7:55am

Franz Ferdinand have remixed Temples’ ‘Certainty’

It doesn’t sound anything like what you’re expecting.

1st December 2016, 12:00am

Franz Ferdinand are back with the anti-Trump ‘Demagogue’

It's taken from the '30 Days, 30 Songs' political compilation.

14th October 2016, 12:00am

Statement

Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy quits band

Statement says McCarthy wants to take time off to be with his family.

8th July 2016, 12:00am

FFS: “We didn’t want it to sound like either band, we wanted to sound like something completely new”

Franz Ferdinand and Sparks talk 'taches and their haphazard formation.

6th November 2015, 12:00am

FFS (Franz Ferdinand & Sparks), The Maccabees and Vaults join Lowlands line-up

Thirteen new names join the Holland fest, running this August.

15th April 2015, 12:00am

Franz Ferdinand and Sparks announce joint shows, including Benicassim 2015

Collaborative group ‘F.F.S’ are also down to play Lollapalooza Berlin.

9th March 2015, 12:00am

Franz Ferdinand, Phoenix, Crystal Fighters kick off Bilbao BBK Live 2014

Elsewhere, the likes of Parquet Courts and White Lies get the festival off to a great start.

7th November 2014, 12:00am

Bilbao BBK Live 2014

This weekend, Franz Ferdinand, The Prodigy, Black Keys and more will head to Spain.

7th September 2014, 12:00am